Victoria

It's a Busking festival this week and we've enjoyed some good acts as well as the long evenings and reasonably warm weather. Chose Earl's for a light supper - trying to recover after the cruise - because it had some cheap share plates and wifi and, we discovered, a happy hour on food and wine on Wednesdays. Bliss!



Good long day starting at 5.30am in Seattle, smooth ferry across Puget Sound and then straight on to a tour of Victoria and out to Butchart Gardens.

I baulked at the cost of entry at first - $33 - but I was so impressed with the gardens that I have devoted a single entry to them.



We enjoyed Jim's commentary on the return trip although my sleeplessness in Seattle made it difficult to concentrate. Dropped at the Grande Dame of Victoria, we settled in to room 117, with a view of the loading dock.. The room has TALL ceilings and period touches everywhere.



Later we ventured out for a walk along the waterfront with its expensive cruisers and some exceptional buskers in town for a big contest. After promenading for half an hour or so, wended up at Earls. I wish I could have taken a photo of some of the "wait staff" but I might have been bounced! Suffice it to say that recruitment policy seemed to focus on how lithe they looked in clingy black outfits. Our waitress was lovely - genuinely warm and a worthy recipient of a tip. facebook.com/earlsvictoria.



The end of our holiday is approaching. Another night here, three in Vancouver - hopefully with a train ride to Whistler - and then it is into the sardine can for the return trip to Oz. And Year 12 marking as George reminded me. Tess will be happy to be back in regular scrabble contact:)

- All my own work. RV. Except for the bits by Tess.

Location:Government St,Victoria,Canada